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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I Be it known that I, .IOIIN G. ROTH, of New York, in the -county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nutmeg-Graters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in .the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

' Figure '1 is a top view of my improved nutmeg-grater. l

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the same, taken through the line z 2 2, iig; 1. Figure 3 is an end view of the same. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i My-invention has for its object to furnish a neat,'simple, and effective nutmeggrater, which will do its work quickly and well, using up all the nutmeg; and it consists in the construction and combination of the variousv parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

`A is the back'plate of the groter, to which the other parts are attached, and the ends of which are bent up to form the end plates of the grater. B is the gratter-plate, which is perforated or roughened inthe ordinary manner, and which is slightly bent or curved, as shown in gs. 2 and 3, forming a shallow channel or chamber, through which the small part of the grated nutmeg that may find its way through the perforatons of the graterplate B, may escape through the opening in the turned-up end part a of the bottomplate A, the main part of the grated nutmeg sliding along the convex surface of the said plate B, and escaping through the opening in the'saidturned-up .part a of the said plate A. C are slide-bars, which are attached to the upper side of the plates A and B, to the ends of' which the lturned-up parts of the plate-Aare attached, and along the inner edges of which are formed tongues, which enter grooves in the sidesof the sliding block D, as shown in iig. 2. The sliding block D is made of such a size as may be convenient to take-holdof, and has a hole formed through it ofsuch size as toreceive, the short tube E, in which the nutmeg is placed to be grated. The short-tube E fits into the hole in the block D, is op'en 4at both ends, and the upper end of which is slightly drawn in, or has a narrow shoulder formed around it, to prevent the plate F from escaping therefrom. The plate F should be made of leather or other suitable'material, and fits into the short tube E, as shown in g. 2.

In using the grater, the nutmeg to be grated is placed in the tube E, which is then placed in the hole in the s lidingblock D, with the lower side of the nutmeg resting upon the surface of the plate B. The body ofthe groter is then held in one hand, while the other hand grasps the sliding-block D, with one nger pressing upon the plate or disk F, so as to hold the nutmeg down against the grating-surface of the plate B. vThe sliding block D is then moved back and forth along the guide-barC, grating the nutmeg conveniently and rapidly.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, the nutmeg-gratter constructedas described, and consisting of the plate A, forming the bottom and -ends of the grater, the side guide-pieces C, convex perforated grating-surface B,

sliding block D, removable tube E, and disk F, all arranged and operating as and for the purpose set forth.

Theahove specification of myv invention signed by me, this 18th day of February, 1868. l JHN G. ROTH.

Witnesses:

WM,I F. McNAMAnA, JAMES .T, GRAHAM. 

